Commitment Quote by Tom Perez

The best solution would be better strategies for more rapid economic growth and getting people jobs and increases in income. You should simply be…

— Harry Reid

Extending emergency unemployment benefits isn't just the right thing to do for our families - it's the smart thing to do for our economy.

— Tom Perez

You know, there is an argument to be made that these extensions of unemployment benefits keep people from going and finding jobs. In fact…

— Tom DeLay

All unemployment compensation should be tied to a job training requirement. Now the fact is, 99 weeks is an associate degree.

— Newt Gingrich

Continuing to pay people unemployment compensation is a disincentive for them to seek new work.

— Jon Kyl

We need to do more to support working families, like guarantee access to paid sick and parental leave and make sure every parent has…

— Tom Perez

When you put more money in the pockets of working families, they spend it on groceries, gas, school supplies, and other goods and services.…

— Tom Perez

I had never before seen my friends come in beaten, their heads laid open, their noses broken, or seen them jailed for peaceably demonstrating…

— Mary Heaton Vorse

There is no worse material poverty than one that does not allow for earning one’s bread and deprives one of the dignity of work.…

— Pope Francis

So what are the effects of increasing minimum wages? Any Econ 101 student can tell you the answer: The higher wage reduces the quantity…

— Paul Krugman

A man's labor is not only his capital but his life. When it passes it returns never more. To utilize it, to prevent its…

— William Booth

We are pushing for Medicare-for-all. That's an economic issue - it really is. And if we can work toward a fair, more-equitable system for…

— Deb Haaland